[haskell-platform] #8: Generic Unix source tarball

[haskell-platform]

#8: Generic Unix source tarball
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 Reporter:  duncan    |        Owner:  dons               
     Type:  defect    |       Status:  new                
 Priority:  major     |    Milestone:  Release 1: 2009.0.0
Component:  Platform  |   Resolution:                     
 Keywords:            |  
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Changes (by visq):

  * type:  task => defect

Comment:

 I tried the generic unix tarball on Mac OS X and noted that there is an
 error in the autoconf script.

 The autoconf script checks whether {{{$target_os}}} is {{{darwin*}}} or
 win32, without requesting {{{AC_CANONICAL_TARGET}}}.
 As a result, {{{$target_os}}} is empty and {{{OSX=yes}}} resp.
 {{{WIN32=yes}}} is never set.
 Because of this, the OpenGL test fails on my system.

 I'm not an autoconf expert, but it works if you insert the following lines
 at line 2 of config.in
 {{{
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([scripts])
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 }}}
 and copy {{{config.sub}}} and {{{config.guess}}} into the scripts/
 directory.
 If attached a patch to fix this problem, but it should be reviewed by
 someone comfortable with autotools.

 -- benedikt

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